Balderdash the Brilliant
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Book Overview
In People of Terra Nullius , Boyce Richardson travels across Canada evoking the human richness of aboriginal society as it grows steadily stronger after decades of decline. Richardson journeys among the Mikmaqs of Cape Breton, the Crees and Algonquins of Quebec, the Ojibway of northern Ontario, the Metis of the Prairies, the Gitksan fo BC, the native enclaves of winnipeg and Regina. In each community he meets men and women who are accomplishing nothing less than the cultural and political rebirth of their people: from urban entrepreneurs to spiritual healers, from scholars to legal experts, from local chiefs on reserves to national political figures such as Elijah Harper and Ovide Mercredi. Into their trials and triumphs, Richardson weaves the "policy tentacles" they must content with: hostile laws and histroic prejudices inherited from the days when the legal fiction of terra nullius ("empty land") was use dot justify seizure of native territory. But Richardson demonstrates that Canada's aboriginal people refuse to be victims and are already regaining control over their lives. From its memorable opening image of the Indigena 500 conference to its final, poignant portrait, People of Terra Nullius is a work of uncommon passion, conscience and eloquence.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0809492660
ISBN13:9780809492664
Release Date:January 1991
Publisher:Time Life Medical
Length:1 Pages
Weight:1.21 lbs.
Age Range:4 to 8 years
Grade Range:Preschool to Grade 3
Customer Reviews
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Balderdash the Brilliant
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
This is a wonderful book. All 3 of my children loved to have it read to them again and again. It has a nice and interesting storyline about an old magician being called out of retirement to bring color to the Kingdom of Gray. The illustrations are great and it teaches all about mixing colors in an interesting way.
Terciary colors for little kids
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
The nice thing about this book is, most other color books do primary and secondary colors, red and yellow make orange, that sort of thing. But Balderdash goes beyond that, introducing terciary colors, the colors one gets by mixing ajoining primary and secondary colors, in such a way that small children are soon making magenta, vermillion and chartruse ( a favorite in my class). I have used this book for years teaching 4 and 5 year olds how to mix colors, and it builds great vocabulary and introduces them into a world of colors beyond just the rainbow. Oh and speaking of rainbows, Balderdash also mentions long forgotten "indigo" when it mentions the rainbow. I was an art major in college along with my education major and I know from good art books. This is one worth hunting down and picking up.
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